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extensive, being very valuable, and fetching high rents. The 

 flies are not large, and the sport runs from May to November. 

 For closer information see a capital little work by Younger, 

 published by Rutherford, of Kelso, wherein every water and 

 cast on the Tweed is named and described. 



The Durham Ranger. This is a favourite pattern on the 

 Tweed, but it is like most of the Tweed flies, good anywhere. 

 Tag, silver tinsel and gold floss ; tail, one topping ; butt, two 

 turns of black herl ; body, two turns of light orange floss, then 

 two of dark orange, of claret, and black pig's wool, respectively 

 according to the size of the fly the turns may of course be 

 increased or lessened ; the black wool to be picked out at the 

 breast. Over the whole of the wool a coch y bondu hackle (red 

 with black centre), stained a bright red-orange, two turns of 

 black hackle over it, and a light blue hackle on the shoulder ; 

 wing, a pair of longish jungle cock in centre, doubled tippets on 

 either side, one topping over all ; blue macaw ribs and a king- 

 fisher feather on either cheek. 



Jock Scott. Another good Tweed pattern, which is very 

 useful elsewhere. Tag, gold twist ; tail, one topping and one 

 Indian crow feather ; body, in two joints, gold-coloured floss 

 the lowest, and black floss the upper ; from the joint is tied, 

 after the fashion of the Popham, two or three short toucan 

 points, and over the butts of them, at the joint, two turns of 

 black herl ; silver twist, a black hackle over the black joint, 

 and speckled gallina at shoulder ; wing mixed, a white tip 

 turkey slip in the middle, fibres of pintail, or teal, bustard, 

 brown mallard, yellow, red, and green parrot, one topping over 

 all, blue macaw ribs, a kingfisher on either cheek. Any size to 

 suit the water, from 6 to 10 or n. (Frontispiece, Fig. 2.) 



The Dim Wing. Another capital Tweed favourite, which 

 is a pretty general one also. Tail, one topping and sprigs of 

 tippet ; body, light orange, red-claret, darkish blue and black 

 pig's wool in about equal portions merging into each other ; 

 broadish silver tinsel ; black hackle down to the red wool, a 

 few fibres of the blue wool picked out at the breast ; wings, 

 two strips from the dun brown feather sometimes found in the 

 tail of a turkey. This fly is a special favourite on the Kirkcud- 

 brightshire Dee, the Annan, and Nith ; and, dressed on a long 

 large hook, it is good on the Tay and many other streams 

 besides. Size from 5 or 6 to 9 or 10. (Frontispiece, Fig. 5.) 



The Drake Wing. This is another good Tweed fly, and a 

 fair general favourite also. Tail, tippet sprigs, and a yellow 



